Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1937, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional rain today and propably to- morrow; not much change in tempera- ture; moderate to fresh easterly winds. Temperatures—Highest, 56, at 2 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 43, at 5:15 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page A-16. Full Associated Press News and Wirephotos Sunday - Morning and Every Afternoon. TH DAILY EVENING EDITION ) Mclnt Associated Press. No. 1,672—No. 33,941. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he W ASHING TON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 19 FORD STRIKE SETTLED ON ASSURANCE TO U. A. W. AGAINST DISCRIMINATION Workers Re-‘Congress Action on Sit-Down Is Predicted for This Week \Senate Expected to Pass Policy Dec- laration and House to Vote In- turn to Jobs on Monday. RECOGNITION NOT AN ISSUE Wage Disc ussion| Referred to Detroit. BACKGROUND— Henry Ford, last of the “big three” of automobile manufacturers to become embroiled with United Automobile Workers, had his first experience with the sit-down strike Friday, when between 600 and 1,000 employes seized Kansas City plant. Repercussions from the wave of sit-downs reached the Capital Thursday, when Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina of= fered an amendment to the Guffey | coal bill declaring these strikes contrary to public policy. 87 the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, April 3—Ed Hall, | vestigation BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Despite all efforts to choke off ac- tion in Congress on the sit-down strike issue, it was predicted last night that the Senate would adopt a declara- tion against the sit-down technique and that the House would put through the Dies resolution calling for a com- plete investigation of sit-down strikes. Seizure of the Ford motor plant in Kansas City by sit-down strikers strengthened the demand of Senator Byrnes of South Carolina, the Senate go on record in opposition to the seizure of property by sit-down strikers. The House is expected to take up | the Dies resolution for an mvesmgn-\ tion of sit-down strikes on Thursday. | | The resolution was ordered Ia\orably‘ reported by the House Rules Commit- | tee Friday afternoon. With the action | of the Rules Committee, the resolu- | Sen..tor | Johnson of California, Senator Bailey | of North Carolina and others that | of Strikers. tion now has a preferential status in the House It is a sweeping resolution, call- ing for an inquiry Into every phase of the sit-down strike, dealing with the employes and the employers, the | cause of such strikes and whe msu-i gated them. The fact the Rules| Committee acted favorably on the resolution in the face of opposition by administration leaders and of labor | leaders is regarded as strongly sig- nificant. There is a very lively op-| position to the sit-down strike among members of the House. To shelve or | | defeat the resolution of investigation | would be regarded by many as tanta- | mount to condoning the sit-down | strike. | The determination of many mem- | bers of both the Senate and House to force a showdown on the sit-down | | strike is indicative, it was said. of | the strong public sentiment which | 1SEE SIT- DOWN Page A-4) | second vice president of the United Automobile Workers of America, an- nounced settlement tonight of the strike which closed the Ford Motor Co.s assembly plant here yesterday. | Hall said the strikers will return to work Monday ‘“without any dis- crimination, whatsoever.” Following a conference with Ford officials tonight, Hall said recognition | of the U. A. W. A. was not discussed because ‘“recognition was not an is- sue.” The strikers sat down in the p'ant gesterday in protest against lay-off | of about 300 men, some of whom they said had worked for the com- | pany as much as 24 vears | Hall said wages were discussed at tonight’s meeting and “the commit- tee was advised that it was necessary to take up the discussion of wages in Detroit, * * * that will be done.” Discussing the “discrimination” pro- | vision of the agreement, Hall said the | unjon would not object to seasonal | layoffs of employes as lang as sen- fority rules were strictly observed. This was somewhat in disagreement with a statement he made earlier in the negotiations in which he declared @Gatly “no union men will be dismissed.” Hall issued the following statement: | “Settlement has been reached in the | eontrovers satisfactory to both par—\ ties, which will return the men to work | Monday morning without any dls-\ crimination whatsoever.” Wage discussions will begin in De- troit, Hall said, “on my return.’ Before returning to Detroit. how- | ever, Hall said he would stop at Ander- son, Ind., to lead employe conferences at the Delco-Remy plant. Statement of Conference. His statement of the conference here concluded: “We feel that the sit-down was eaused through a general misunder- standing between employes and man- agement. “The committee feels that there will be & much greater feeling of co- operation now than there has been in the past.” | Hall said the United Automobile | ‘Workers now have a total member- #hip of 326,000 and predicted “‘we will have the largest international in the world” at the end of another 30 days. The strike agreement climaxed three hours of secret negotiations by Hall, an 18-man committee from the union here and unnamed representa- tives of the Ford Motor Co. Hall refused to name the motor eompany executives but at least two company representatives were known to have been present. Men known to have flown here| from Ford headquarters for the strike | conference were called by telephone in connection with the settlement but the invariable response was: “I have no statement to make.” Later H. C. Doss, manager of the | Yord plant here, issued a statement which he said confirmed Hall's an- nouncement. In-the form of a notice to employes, it said: _”P\7r the information of all (See FORD, Page A-5.) COUSIN IS INDICTED IN MAXWELL CASE | Bubornation of Perjury Charged Against M. F. Dotson at Wise, Va. B the Assoctated Press. WISE, Va, April 3.—Common- wealth's Attorney Fred B. Greear said today a Wise County grand jury had indicted M. F. Dotson, cousin of twice- eonvicted Edith Maxwell, on a charge ©of attempted subornation of perjury. The prosecutor said the indictment was based on & charge Dotson offered & bribe to & witness at Miss Maxwell's trial for the murder of her father, Trigg Maxwell, if the witness would testify he saw Maxwell take a drink of liquor the night before he was found dying in the kitchen door of his Pound, Va., home. Miss Maxwell, who was convicted of second-degree murder at her sec- ond trial in December, 1936, testified at her previous hearing in November, 1935, she struck her father with a shoe when he tried to beat her while drunk. The girl's first conviction of first- degree murder and 25-year prison sen- tence was set aside by the Virginia Bupreme Court of Appeals and a new trial ordered. The second jury rec- ommended a 20-year sentence, the maximum under Virginia law for sec- ond-degree murder. An appeal is pending. ’ . | 1 our | with ~ drunken TWO MEN KILLED BY HIT-RUN CAR Station Wagon Bearing D. C. Tags Also Injures Two Near Washington, Va. Two colored men were killed in- stantly and two others were injured early this morning when they were run down on the Lee highway near Washington, Va., by a hit-and-run station wagon bearing District of | Columbia license tags. After striking the men, the station wagon swerved into a telephone pole. Without pausing to determine the fate of his victims, the driver sped toward Washington. Police authorities in the District and in every county along the high- , way to Washington were asked to be on the lookout for the station wagon. Dead Men Cousins. The dead men were cousins. Only their last name, Fletcher, could be | learned immediately after the acci- dent. One was 19 years old and the | other 35. The injured men were taken to the office of Dr. John D. Snead at Sperryville, Va. Their condition is undetermined. In another Virginia accident yes- terday a Washingtonian was charged driving following a | head-on collision near Warrenton, in | which seven residents of Luray were | injured while en route here. Automobile Mechanic. State Policeman T. F. Stafford said | the Washington resident charged with | drunken Simer, 31, an automobile mechanic, of 419 G street. driving was Richard B. Simer was lodged in the Warrenton jail after treatment | for minor injuries. The accident occurred about a mile west of Warrenton. The head-on crash injured Mrs. Blanche Dovel, Denver Aleshire and five other Luray residents. None was seriously hurt except Mrs. Dovel, who was admitted | to Warrenton Hospital for treatment | of head injuries. The death yesterday of Mrs. Mary | M. Shloss, 58, of 1926 Calvert street, who was fatally injured when struck by a street car, brought to 38 the number of traffic fatalities in the Dis- | trict this year. Mrs. Shloss was pro- | nounced dead on arrival at Emergency Hospital, where she was taken from the scene of the accident at Eighteenth | street and Columbia road. Storms Hit Oklahoma. OKLAHOMA CITY, April 3 (#).— Electrical storms, light dusters and showers hit Oklahoma today. Dust blew in the Panhandle, where an inch of snow fell five days ago. At Guymon dust clouds cut visibility to four blocks, and Beaver reported light dust. 100 Cubans to Quit Spain. VALENCIA, Spain, April 3 (#).— The United States Embassy made arrangements today to evacuate 100 Cubans from Spain next week. The refugees, now in the Cuban Em- bassy at Madrid, will be taken to Alicante by bus and board an Amer- ican ship there. Heiress Bride May Ask Ex-Mate To Help Fight Brill Annulment 81 the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.—Mrs. Nan Pierson Brooks Macy Brill, beau- tiful New York heiress, collapsed in a San Francisco hotel today, and re- viving, vowed she would “bring my ex-husband and half of New York society” to fight an annulment suit brought by her second husband, Wil- liam Brill, jr, to Los Angeles. She eloped March 29 to Yuma with Brill who is also wealthy nnd 80~ cially prominent. ¢ Their honeymoon lasted two days, then he disappeared, and she was in- formed Friday he had filed suit for annulment, charging they we in- toxicated when the ceremony was performed, and that she had mis- represented her previous marital status. Hysterical, she wheeled one of his BASQUES RESIST DRIVE ON BILBAD ILoyalists’ Attacks Seek to Stop Rebels’ March to Capital. | BACKGROUND. In the last few weeks of Spanish civil war Loyalists have made sur- prising gains. Insurgents made quick headway after war started last July over Leftist policies, but Winter slowed fighting. Several weeks ago Gen. Franco's rebels be- gan new attacks on Madrid and its defenders rallied. They resisted the attacks and, inspired, began drive of their own in major prov- inces mear capital. Fighting has been renewed on big scale, with Loyalists claiming many victories. | By the Assoctatea Press. WITH MILITARY OBSERVERS | | ON THE BILBAO FRONT, Northern | | Spain, April 3.—By the sea and mi | the tall mountains of the Basque lands, | a Basque government army struggled tonight to hold Gen. Francisco Fran- co’s insurgent armies from their au- tonomous republican capital, Bilbao. It was a surprise attack and a double one which they fought to sup- | press with every ounce of available | manpower. In their narrow strip along | the Bay of Biscay, with insurgent | country on the east and west and to the south, the Basques knew the fall | of their northern stronghold would be a telling blow to the cause they sup- | port—the Madrid-Valencia govern- ment of Spain. This region is rich in natural re- sources, and besides, it has an access to the sea and the help the sea can | bring. The fighting was hot both on the seacoast, some 21 miles east of Bilbao, | and in the Cantabrian Mountains | which rim the Basque capital on the | south and east. Both Sides Make Progress. Both sides made halting progress at | separate points, but there seemed to- | | night to have been no important gain | | of ground for either. On the sea, government defenders | town of Lequeitio, 21 miles east and slightly north of Bilbao. On the south, in the mist-shrouded | mountains, a daring band of govern- | ment Basques scaled a 4.600-foot mountain peak, La Cruz, one of the natural barriers that lei between the insurgents and Durango, from which place they might sweep downhill some 16 miles into Bilbao. Some insurgent war materials on the mountain peak fell into govern- | ment hands, and the stiff battle there left insurgent dead strewn in the | lofty crevices. On other salients in the moun- tains, however, the insurgents edged (See SPAIN, Page A-6) Student Rioters Banned. WARSAW, Poland, April 3 (#).— Determined to halt anti-Semitic riots, the minister of education today or- dered expulsion of one student and banned 178 from Warsaw University for one year on account of participa- tion in repeated clashes. ! large roadsters out of the four-car garage back of his home and sped 400 miles to San Francisco. She had no money or luggage. Today, shortly after she arose, Mrs. Brill had anothLer attack of hysteria. She burst into tears when she at- tempted to give a newspaper inter- view. “Just—can't—do it,” she sobbed, rushing back to her room. “I want to tell them all about it. I've got nothing to hide. But I can't.” Later in the day, she saw reporters for a few moments. “You know as much about it as I do,” she said, “I don’t know why Bill disappeared after we came back from - Arizona. “When I saw him in the garage yesterday, he took me in his arms (8es BRILLy Page ‘;w) | BACKGROUND— | nomically unjustified, Gen. | width of 400 instead of 240 feet and | » minimum depth of 33 instead of 30 | lotted $5.000,000 of Public Works Ad- | to authorize its continuance, the con- |in a new political fight over the canal. | Maine, on which about $7,000,000 of withstood a withering assault on the | ™ MARKHAM URGES MORE EXPENIVE CANAL IN FLORIDA Chief of Army Engineers, in Opposition to Board, Asks $197,921,000 to Finish. [SCOUTS IDEA WATERS WILL DAMAGE TREES Recommendations to Congress and Attached Findings of Board May Be Made Public Tomorrow. The Florida ship canal project supposedly originated at the White House, and, with the Passama- quoddy tidal basin power project in Maine, was understood to stand high on President Roosevelt's list of work relief programs The canal plan met bitter oppo- sition in some sections of Florida, where citrus fruit growers feared it might imperil their fresh-water supply. This and Republican oppo- sition on the ground that it was economically unjustified resulted in defeat jor the proposal in the Seventy-fourth Congress. Construction of a larger and more costly ship canal across Florida than was originally planned, was recom- mended to Congress yesterday in a report by Maj. Gen. Edward M. Mark-‘ | ham, chief of Army Engineers, in | which he disagreed on major points | with findings of the Board of Army | Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. Gen. Markham placed the cost of completing the project at $197,921,000, | exclusive of interest charges. He re- | Jected the board's fears that construc- | tion of the proposed sea-level canal | would spoil the underground fresh- water supply and make the Federal Government at least morally liable for numerous claims for property | damage. Instead, he took the position that the flow of salt water in the canal would cause no appreciable amount repeated distress calls of the stricken ' Borkum.” of damage to the valuable fruit and agricultural lands of the region. Urges Wider, Deeper Channel. While the board was understood to have described the project as eco- Markham recommended that it be completed, and that it be enlarged to provide s channel having a minimum bottom | feet, flared and deepened at the Guif entrance. His recommendation was sent to Speaker Bankhead yesterday by Secretary of War Woodring and probably will be made public tomor- row, together with the attached find- ings of the board and the division and | | district Army Engineers. Reopening the controversy which arose when President Roosevelt al- ministration funds to start the proj- | ect and which led to the halting of work last year when Congress refused flicting reports are expected to fur-. nish heavy ammunition for both sides Those favoring its completion al- ready are beginning to build their case for an appropriation on Gen. Mark- ham’s recommendations, while those who oppose it because of its pros- | pective large cost and fear of the ef- | | fect of the salt water on the water | supply in the porous underground | | limestone are preparing to stress the board’s findings. Would Wipe Out Defeat. It is regarded as certain that ad- ministration leaders will seize on Gen. | Markham’s recommendation in a drive to wipe out the major defeat ad- | ministered to President Roosevelt last | year when Congress refused to author- | ize continuance of either the Florida | ship canal or the $40,000,000 Passama- | quoddy Tidal Basin power project in | P. W. A funds were speni. They “Page A-16) FRANCE SEEN WON TO ARMS PARLEY Bonnet Hints Support for Move Reported Considered by Roosevelt. Y the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 3.—French sup- port for the world disarmament con- ference proposal which President Roosevelt has been represented as con- sidering was hinted at today by George Bonnet, the new French Am- bassador to the United States. The envoy introduced into a lunch- eon address before the federation of De L’Alliance Francais a quotation from Leon Blum, head of the French government. The quotation was: “The general and controlled reduc- tions of armaments remain the hope and even the necessity of tomorrow.” The words were significantly linked by Bonnet with a reference to France's advocacy of “organization of a collec- tive security in order to prevent any war,” in 1924 and again in 1933. Until the nations did reach some sort of agreement on curbing arma- ments, Bonnet said his country feels justified in increasing her arms. | Two Other land leaking REVIVAL I‘\I ’I'HE SENATE OF AN OLD PLAY! 37—128 PAGES. %;mflmg %im’ ¥ FIVE WASHINGTON CL\'lS | TEN (‘ B TE ‘Rescue Ship Battered by Sea In Search for B¥ the Associated Press. NEW YORK. April 3. —Severely battered by a mid-Atlantic gale. the British steamer Zealandic wirelessed tonight that heavy seas prevented it from proceeding further in answer to German freighter Borkum The Borkum was reported crippled about a thousand miles east of New York “Our steering house damaged by | heavy seas. Cannot do anything for | gear disabled and that it was taking S. 8. Borkum until weather moderates,” the Zealandic wirelessed at 8:18 p.m. (Eastern standard time). Nosing its way through high waves and a thick mist the Zealandic radioed teamers Push Into Heavy Seas in Mid-Atlantic Answering Repeated Appeals for Help. Dlsabled Vessel lan hour earlier to the Radiomarine Corp ‘Still searching for Borkum, which is still sending dis- tress calls perindically. Zealandi~ at position given, but unable to find the the 8. 8 | Two Other Vessels Approach. | Two other steamships drove through | the storm to aid the British boat in | | its search. The Borkum, its radio re- | | ceiver inoperative, reported its steering water its storm-wrenched plates. Hidden by blinding squalls that cut visibility to a bare half mile, the help- (See SHIPS, Page A-6.) through CUMMINGS FIGHT ONHEARING SEEN Wheeler Charges Effort Made to End Testimony on Judiciary Bill. ! BACKGROUND— President Roosevelt's plan to add siz mew justices to the Supreme Court unless incumbents over 70 retire was announced without warning February 5. Encounter- ing a storm of protest, the reasons for the proposal have undergone successive transformations, until now the proponents frankly state their purpose is to alter the “state of mind” of the justices. Senate Judicigry Committee be- gan hearings on the bill four weeks ago, receiving volumes of testimoay and a minimum of new ideas. The essence of opposition testimony is that plan would undermine the American form of government. Attorney General Cummings Wwas charged last night with trying to shut off further hearings on President Roosevelt's court bill. crat of Montana, a leader in the fight against the measure. Chairman Ashurst of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which has been holding the hearings for four weeks, | denied he would try to terminate or exert any pressure on committee mem- bers to that end. Wheeler contended the Attorney General wanted to end the hearings because the administration had no witnesses 10 meet the array of testi- mony by “public-spirited citizens” in opposition to the bill. Success in Committee Predicted. Although explaining it was a “mere guess,” Ashurst forecast that 10 of the 18 committee members will sup- port the bill when it reaches a vote in committee. Asserting prolongation of the hear- ings is “not only good strategy, but is right,” Ashurst added: “I couldn't with any degree of equanimity meet the charge that the hearings were shut off. I want to be able to say that no strong-arm methods were At the same time, Ashurst said it was beginning to look as if the hear- ings will end “some time during the latter part of April. Senator Burke, Democrat of Nebraska, opposition leader on the committee, agreed on (See JUDICIARY, Page A-4.) Boats on the Potomac Along the water front are painting, caulking, buil days thousands of Washin, the Potomac and Chesape , the boating enthusiasts ding new docks. In a few gtonians will be afloat on ake Bay every week end. Each Sunday during the boating season The Star will print a page of the latest boating news. Turn to Pages B-10 and 11 of today's Sunday Star. The charge | was made by Senator Wheeler, Demo- | DIGTATOR' CHARGE ISHITBY QUEZON Retorts Sharply to Accusa- tion He Is Building Mili- taristic Regime. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 3—Common- wealth President Manuel Quezon struck back today at critics who con- | tend he is building a military dictator- | ship in the Philippine Islands Quezon retorted sharply to Oswald | Garrison Villard, associate editor ofl The Nation, at a luncheon discussion | | of the Philippines’ future before the | Foreign Policy Association. | Villard expressed fear of a military dictatorship and “great anxiety for the | future of the Fhilippines.” He as- | serted President Quezon's military | training program sounded “suspiciously like Rome, Berlin and Moscow,” and | suggested the neutralization of the Philippines as the answer to her problems. President Quezon answered that he was not opposed to the neutralization of the Philippines, but pointed out that the neutralization of Switzerland had | been effective because every man in | the country is trained to bear arms. U. S. Strength in Islands. He said the present military strength of the United States Army in the | Philippines consists of 10,251 enlisted | men and 529 officers, including Fili- pinos in the service of the United States. Villard, on the other hand, con- | tended that under the military train- ing program, the Philippines would have an army of 1,250,000 by 1946, of | men who had had military training. The commonwealth President re- | plied the program was carefully con- i sidered after the Filipinos had seen | what happened to “Belgium, Abyssinia | and Manchuria,” | office.” | “I believe the Philippines can be | conquered by a first-class power,” he ‘ | making. | Allegany, MARYLAND SENATE * 0.5 BOOKMAKING Prince Georges Included in Plan to Raise State Relief Funds. F3 ¢ Staff Correspondent of ANNAPOLIS, April 4 By a vote of to 12 the States $5.360,000 annual relief program, which legalizes bookmaking in Prince Georges and five other counties, passed the Senate at 1:20 a.m. today. The measure now goes to the House, which late last night recessed unts 10 o'clock Monday morning. On Monday—the final day of the | men Ihe Star (Sunday).— 1937 session—the bill will be taken Lieut. J up by the House for concurrence, The legalization of bookmaking in | Prince Georges, where National Capital | WOmex racing fans for years have patronized A Fountain Service, 803 Ninth s “Jimmy's” place, is accomplished under | telephone outit, |a considerable .$59[llfi IN" BONDS ORDERED FOR 16 INGAMBLING RAIDS Charges Filed After Quizzing 140 Arrested in Four Round-ups. |DRIVES ON 9th STREET MADE SIMULTANEOUSLY Police Steadily Advance Amount of Bond to $3,000 a Count. Fees to Be Considerable. Bonds totaling $69,000 were ordered early today against 16 men booked gambling charges follo: raids on Ninth street estab- which netted 140 prisoners yesterday afternoon The tedious process tion continued head of interroga- far into the ni 1arters as investigators s suspected proprietors of s from men and women patrons arrested on the premises. was aft friends of the prisone ) l"fladf'la"f’rfi ante rooms and I corridors. $3,000 Bonds Assessed. boosted the bond ante to sz rnw a charge. Four defendants had two charges placed against them, and one had four, for a total of $12,000. At least half a dozen bondse were on hand to take care of the rush Even if the cases against shs= pects are dismissed, the raiders last night threw the alleged gamblers for loss in bonding fees. ‘When the mass raids began on March 10, only $1.000 bond w asked for each charge. The amount since has been boosted by $500 i by Lie street ¥ E. Fondahl led th Phone Outfit Seized. een prisoners, including three were taken at the Orchard reet. A numbers slips and si a clause in the measure which pm.‘r‘flcmg charts were reported seized vides a 85000 State license fee an- nually for all bookmakers with a tax of 1 per cent on all wagers and a | $25,000 county license fee. Passage of the welfare measure with bookmaking provision came after members of the upper chamber com- pletely reversed themselves on the subject of bookmaking and voted to legalize it after voting it down earlier , in the evening However, 17 counties, including Montgomery, exempted themselves from the provision legalizing book- By amendment to the bill on second reading the counties in which handbooks would be outlawed are Montgomery, Calvert, Dorchester, Harford, Kent, Wicomico, Prederick, Washington, Somerset, Queen Annes, Talbot, Worcester, Anne Arundel, Caroline, Garrett and Charles. Senate President Lansdale G Sasscer of Prince Georges offered an amendment to include Prince Georges in the counties that would permit {hand books, but imposed a $25,000 annual license fee In addition to the State fee of $5,000 and the tax of 1 per cent on all bets The $25.000 fee would be in the nature of a county tax, the proceeds to go toward aid for the needy and general county purposes. It is also provided in the amend- ment that all applications for licenses | to operate bookmaking establishments in Prince Georges would be subject (See BOOKMAKING, Page A-16.) MARSHAL AND DEPUTY IN DEADLY GUN BATTLE | * Texas Duel in Front of Cafe Fol- lows Blow, and County At- torney Is Witness. } By the Associated Press. HEMPSTEAD, Tex., April 3.—Two veteran peace officers stood “toe to toe” today and “shot it out” in front of a downtown cafe. City Marshal J. D. Shelbourne was killed and Chief Deputy Claude Hutchins was probably fa- tally wounded. County Attorney William S. Jack- in unison. Jackson said it was im- possible to determine who shot first. Friends said they knew no cause for the shooting. (See QUEZON, Page A-2) The District Parole Board last night granted a parole to former Repre- sentative John H. Hoeppel of Califor- nia, serving a term at Occoquan for conspiring to sell a West Point ap- pointment, but rejected the applica- tion for clemency for his son, Charles J. Hoeppel. Their plea was heard Friday. The erstwhile House member, ac- cused with his son of soliciting $1,000 from James W. Ives, Johns Hopkins athlete, for the Military Academy berth, will be released in the next few days when the Parole Board has a chance to check on his parole plan, Wilbur La Roe, jr., the chairman, said. His son, who was just 21 when they were tried and convicted here in De- cember, 1935, will—with good be- havior—be freed on September 25. Their sentence was four months to 0 eppel Wins Parole, but Plea Of Son for Freedom Is Denied a year, but they did not enter Occo- | quan until last November, after un- successfully prosecuting an appeal and | then seeking freedom through a wr H of habeas corpus. They became eligible for parole on completion of the mini- mum sentence March 24. Board Divided on Plea. The Parole Board divided, 2 to 1, | on the application of the former Repre- | | of the 4800 block of by Lieut. United States Deputy W. J. Cunningham aind Marshal J. B« Herman e 900 block of mes Wesley Bea 800 block of L street, James Walter Campo, 36, of the 900 reet war on gambling has i in 43 raids "undrcd~ Struggle to Watch. Hundreds of shoppers on Ninth street struggled for places of vantage to watch while the raiders herded their prisoners into patrol wagons yesterday afternoon. Michaelson and his son. Howard, Fourth street, were held under $6,000 bonds each on two charges of setting up a gaming table and conspiracy to violate the gambling laws. The bonds totaled | $12,000. Others arrested on the same prem- ises were Vincent Marino. 900 block of Fifth street, held under $12.000 bond on four charges; Arthur Edward Williams, 800 block of Ninth street, held under $6.000 bond on two charges and George D. Craig, 600 block of Morton place northeast, held under 000 bond on one charge. Police said they booked Marino on the two additional charges be- cause they had missed him when they raided another place in the 900 block of Ninth street on March 10. Marino was charged twice with sete ting up a gaming table, and twice | with conspiracy to violate the gamb- | John Dunlea, ling laws. Conspiracy Is Charged. Craig was charged with setting up a gaming table and Willlams with setting up a gaming table and con- Sheriff | spiracy. At 903 Ninth street, George H. Lilley of that address and Clark | Stockstill, 800 block of Seventh a n and characterized 85 | son, an eye-witness, said one of the | street southwest, were arrested and | “absurd” the assertion “I'm trying to | men struck the other with his hand | charged with setting up a gaming build up an army to perpetuate me in | and a second later the pistols roared | taple. Similar charges were placed against 800 block of Sixth street; Manny Kline, 900 block of H street; Frank LaBarr, Poughkeep« sie, N. Y., and Nick Koury, 900 block of H street, all of whom were ar- rested at 610 Ninth street. The raiders picked up Bernard | Newyhar, 1200 block of N street, on old charges of setting up a fmz table and conspiracy. I Police said Newyhar was out when they raided a place in the 90Q blo(k of Ninth street on March 10. DUKE SCALES MOUNT Windsor's 4,000-foot Climb Fole lowed by Picnic. SAINT WOLFGANG, Austria, April sentative, but was unanimous against | 3 (£) —The Duke of Windsor, wear= liberating the son. Chairman La Roe | ing leather pants, spent five and one= and Prank R. Jelleffl voted for the nhalf hours today climbing Schafberg elder Hoeppel’s parole, while Dr. Em- | mett J. Scott opposed it. Mountain, to an altitude of 4,000 feet. There the former British monarch “The crime of which fipplic‘fl"“;emoyed a picnic with companions. were convicted was most serious,” the | snow prevented their reaching the board said in its majority report on | peak, 5850 feet above sea level. the case. “Conspiracy by a member of | Congress to accept a bribe strikes at the very foundations of Government. (Bee OI?(PH-.MA- ) | Radio Programs, Page F-3. Complete Index, Page A-3. )